🎥 📚 🕖 Tonight at book/record shop & public drinking rooms Ad England Impiety Hour (aka Peste), it’s the launch of essay collection The Carbon Arc, with four readers – David Gaffney, Nicholas Royle, Anne Worthington & David Savill – plus film clips, introduced by editor Richard Skinner. Free entry.

If you are in Manchester tonight this will be fantastic! Introduced and published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social readings by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & David Savill, at 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 AKA "O! Peste Destroyed"/ "Annihilation Eve"

The Carbon Arc will launch in Manchester November 12th, published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social work by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Maria Fusco, Gareth Evans, Sam Mills et al. richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...

@smallpublishers.bsky.social Haul! I 'Flight Paths' by @ggaffa.bsky.social/@nightjarpress.bsky.social , NaoKo TakaHashi' & @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social 'Blabbermind' by Andrew Kotting, @susiecampbell.bsky.social & @guillemotpress.bsky.social ,SJ Fowler/ Sampson Low. Fantastic reading from all 🔥🔥🔥

Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today.

Nightjar publisher @nicholasroyle.bsky.social in conversation with Ma Bibliothèque publisher Sharon Kivland @smallpublishers.bsky.social photo by @emmabolland.bsky.social

A new story by David Gaffney is always something to celebrate. Flight Paths, published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social‬, is one of his most intriguing – tautly edgy, deftly organised. nightjarpress.weebly.com/flight-paths.html

I'm off to watch Carlisle play Altrincham this afternoon -come on the blues! I hope they are good in rain - coming from cumbria they're probably well used to it.... m.youtube.com/watch?v=uURN...

If your neighbourhood is infested with flags on lampposts, email your councillor and request that they be taken down. In some areas, they have done so; the more people who contact them, the better. Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.

My instagram has become videos only! I’ve looked at settings but cant seem to change it - anyone else had this or know how to fix it?

I am on the crossing where Jean-Paul Belmondo dies after being shot in A Bout De Souffle by Jean Luc Godard - this appears in my essay on film locations in the new anthology The Carbon Arc - available now! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...

I’ve extended Salt’s summer sale — you can now get 20% off every book we publish until 31 August. Fiction, poetry, short stories: all of it. 👉 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS... Use code: CWS6ED0C7KCX at checkout. A good time to pick up something you’ve had your eye on. 📚 #summerreading

I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling nightjarpress.weebly.com

I am teaching on this online short story course for Arvon in October - be great to see some of you there A few places are concession spots, available at a 30% discount for low-waged writers or those receiving certain benefits. Here's the link to the week: www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

Can't wait to read @anne-worthington.bsky.social, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social Maria Fusco et al. on Cinema! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car... 🔥🔥🔥

Wanna watch me read a David Gaffney story that I illustrated and wrote music for?

I have a short piece in this journal which looks great - from my forthcoming collection Lakes of Titan theberlinliteraryreview.com/august-2025/

I have a new story out on Nightjar press called Flight Paths. Get one here for only £3.00. I suggest buying mine along with Joe Stretch ‘s as they were both commissioned for Stockport Stories, and complement each other like an earthy wine with a ripe brie. nightjarpress.weebly.com?fbclid=IwQ0x...

I have a new story out on Nightjar! Its called Flight Paths and its a ghostly tale of aeroplanes and romance fraud...you can use the link below to buy one for £3

Just visited Gibberd house and garden in Harlow - Gibberd designed Harlow new town and Liverpool Catholic Cathedral - well worth a look

“In another sky my father was a security guard for a thermometer factory while studying for a Phd in Hauntology. Turn it upside down they would call to him across the floor, then shake it. Did your father become a practicing hauntologist? Sadly, he did not, despite it being his dream.”

Catch @ggaffa.bsky.social and also @nightjarpress.bsky.social editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social (oh, and me) reading at Je ne sais Blah ll this Thursday evening at Cafe Blah, Withington Village, doors 7pm, free entry.

I have some new short pieces published here - thanks to the wonderful people at Piccioletta Barca for selecting them. These are from my forthcoming collection Lakes Of Titan www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington

What's happened to #nighttracks @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social it used to be experimental and interesting - but now? What? Garden centre relaxation music? Radio 3 can be risk taking! No need for this...

Day made! New Nightjars have arrived: by @rlsummerling.bsky.social, @bookishleels.bsky.social, @ggaffa.bsky.social and Joe Stretch @nightjarpress.bsky.social #shortstories

Excited about my new short story out soon on Nightjar!

Not yet on the website, but going out to subscribers.

Flash fiction writers - I am running a workshop in Frodsham Cheshire and places are going fast they tell me so if you live in Frodsham or Cheshire or just fancy a day out in the hometown of Gary Barlow and Spit the Dog then book your place now! www.weaverwords.org.uk/flash-fictio...

TOMORROW! This time tomorrow, the nerves will be kicking in... An evening of readings at Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Wanderland, with Scott Thurston & Lydia Unsworth – expect delicious writing morsels, tasty kinepoetics and some tempting Oulipian collaboration.

🪶📚🚀THIS THURSDAY! I'd love it if you'd pop along and welcome Wanderland worldwards! It's the official launch of my new book, 7pm at Saul Hay Gallery, free entry, and joining the party to help me celebrate are guest readers Scott Thurston and Lydia Unsworth. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

“Wanderland is full of gorgeous observational poems about nature that are lovely to read and greatly skilled” ~ Will Mackie “Stylishly crafted, attentive and attuned to the surprises of the world around us” ~ Jennifer Lee Tsai “Beautiful poems of treasure and nature and light” ~ Rachel Bower

This Saturday night on Record Store Day its Sleeve Note with live new writing and new music at the Anthony Burgess centre Manchester. We were sold out but we now have 5 extra tickets do get them while they are hot! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

Its exactly 4 weeks on saturday to our Record Store Day gig Sleeve Notes Ten writers have teamed up with ten musicians to create brand-new tracks combining spoken word and music. Saturday 12 April Burgess Centre www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

The limited edition compilation cassettes of all 10 Sleeve Notes tracks has now been completed and the design looks great and its gone off the manfacturers. To hear the tracks live at our special record store day event or to order a cassette see here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

I misheard the news and thought that the government had just approved the release of divas into the wild…

We've putting together the running order for Sleeve Notes...get your tickets here...https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-notes-tickets-1205127170809?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60. Please share :)

Coming soon: Sleeve Notes, a collaborative performance response to coincide with Record Store Day – 10 writers x 10 musicians. Sarah-Clare Conlon x Jez Dolan = “Breathe Silence”. Here we are recording our track, which we will perform live 12/04/2025; get tickets! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

Our local charity shop (rspca) is already promoting Record Store Day -so not long to go before our live words and music event at the Burgess Centre - 12 April with Joe Stretch, Rosie Garland John Foxx, Billy from Beak> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

Listen again to Riley & Coe on @bbc6music.bsky.social from last night and hear Marc read out my words off the Sleeve Notes press release and mention some of the artists involved, including me and Jez Dolan, and play the track by @vikshirley.bsky.social and Billy Fuller www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thanks @marcrileydj.bsky.social & @gidcoe.bsky.social for playing mine & Billy Fuller’s track Schoenberg Express on @bbc6.bsky.social! The track is part of Sleeve Notes, a Record Store Day project curated by @ggaffa.bsky.social & @adrianslatcher.bsky.social sleeve-notes.bandcamp.com/album/sleeve...

This might be a handy way to define social class - when I came home from school with a spice rack I had made in woodwork no one in my family knew what it was for…

My Hybrid Writing Starter Pack has already gathered 80 writers, lit mags and publishers who leap over genre boundaries & out of boxes, ignoring traditional labels & definitions. Would you like to be added or do you know someone else who fits into this unboxed box?! #HybridWriting go.bsky.app/MswLLwc

Check our new writing and music for Record Store Day - thats a photo of John Foxx formerly of Ultravox, he has worked with Nicholas Royle to produce a stunning track. Tickets here… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

Just passing through Earlestown - how many other places can you add a first name to to make a country singer? Campbeltown in Scotland, Nelson in east lancs, Parton in west cumbria - any other offers?

On @6music.bsky.social they are playing Joe Stretch's Sleeve Notes story Melody now! Get your tickets for Sleeve Notes here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...

New words & music collaborations celebrating Record Store Day (in April). Project conceived & led by @ggaffa.bsky.social @adrianslatcher.bsky.social sleeve-notes.bandcamp.com/album/sleeve...

Hey shut up! Here’s a short story by david gaffney that I illustrated and performed and wrote and performed the music for plus also edited and then also did PR (this?) for it. Don’t be ungrateful now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zea...

I saw John read this live last year and he did all of the voices and everything. It was a marvel to behold.